| 100% | DOUBLESAWBUCK | 13 | 20-, 27- and 43-Across locale, in slang |
| 54% | SPLICEDGENES | 12 | What 20-, 27- and 41-Across contain, in a manner of speaking |
| 46% | CLEARTHETABLE | 13 | What people are likely to do in response to 20-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 45% | MARY | 4 | With 43 Across, Supporting Actress (''Melvin and Howard'') |
| 44% | NSEW | 4 | Compass points (seen spelled out in 20-, 26-, 43- and 53-Across) |
| 44% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |
| 42% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 42% | SLEEPINGINMYBED | 15 | ''Someone's been __'' (repeated line in 20/53 Across) |
| 42% | THEYMIGHTCRASH | 14 | What 20-, 34- and 41-Across have in common |
| 41% | LITERARYCIRCLES | 15 | What 20-, 39- and 56-Across might travel in |
| 41% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 41% | LETMEBEFRANK | 12 | "In all honesty, ... " and what the starts of 20-, 27-, and 44-Across might say? |
| 40% | FISH | 4 | Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across |
| 40% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 40% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "What's your hurry?" ... and a literal hint to what's hiding in 20-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 40% | TRIPLEDOUBLE | 12 | Signature gymnastics move of Simone Biles, and the kind of repetition found in 20-, 27-, and 46-Across |
| 40% | JAPANESEIMPORTS | 15 | 20-, 25-, 45- and 50-Across, in a way |
| 40% | NEST | 4 | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 40% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 39% | SILENT | 6 | ___ movies (8-, 20-, 39- and 57-Across, in a way) |
| 39% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |
| 39% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 39% | ARABY | 5 | Exotic locale in old literature and song |
| 39% | WATER | 5 | Puzzle's theme (shown in 20-, 40-, 58-Across and 21-Down) |
| 39% | TEE | 3 | End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43- and 54-Across - as well as every clue (and that's a fact!) |
| 39% | ACTINGAWARDS | 12 | They're "presented" in 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 38% | COMMERCIALFREE | 14 | Like 20-, 25- and 43-Across? |
| 38% | TRICKY | 6 | Word spelled phonetically by the starts of 1-, 20-, 27-, 36-, 49- and 56-Across |
| 38% | COCO | 4 | Hit 2017 computer-animated film ... or a hint to 20-, 27-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 38% | LETTERSTOSANTA | 14 | Certain holiday mail ... or what 20-, 25- and 43-Across have in common |